What's It Like Being A Cuban Living in Jamaica

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  • Опубліковано 3 січ 2025

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  • @compinvestorsllc8899
    @compinvestorsllc8899 11 місяців тому +9

    I love her accent

  • @kaydenpat
    @kaydenpat Рік тому +12

    I like her laidback attitude. She could fit in anywhere.

  • @judithbryan9243
    @judithbryan9243 Рік тому +8

    We love Cubans. I went there and was so fascinated with the culture

  • @deanhamilton9280
    @deanhamilton9280 Рік тому +15

    Love her final message, when you move to new country it's like a newborn.

  • @faylewis2860
    @faylewis2860 Рік тому +21

    Fantastic interview Raquel! I the accent. I hear Jamaica-Cuban but it's the first time the other way around! I love Cuba and I love that Raquel is enjoying Jamaica like home,

    • @faylewis2860
      @faylewis2860 Рік тому +1

      "I love the accent" lol kissing on the cheek 💋😂

    • @lornaduncan5273
      @lornaduncan5273 Рік тому +2

      CUBA, top of my bucket list.

    • @faylewis2860
      @faylewis2860 Рік тому +1

      @@lornaduncan5273 you should make it happen! I've been about 6 times....if not more!

  • @maxinedunkley779
    @maxinedunkley779 Рік тому +5

    Welcome to my homeland Rachel. Enjoy the beautiful island

  • @margaretwaugh2273
    @margaretwaugh2273 Рік тому +15

    Welcome to Jamaica Raquel.

  • @pmzphillips
    @pmzphillips Рік тому +7

    WE LOVE ALL CUBANS TO THE MAX.THANK YOU.

  • @Ossie.B
    @Ossie.B Рік тому +16

    Wonderful interview. I like that she is fluent in English in such a short time living in Ja.

    • @claudiamyers4605
      @claudiamyers4605 Рік тому +1

      All Cubans are fluent in both languages

    • @westkingston3135
      @westkingston3135 Рік тому +2

      ​@@claudiamyers4605 😂😂STOP I Nad Cuban teachers that barely speak it

    • @Abstract.Noir414
      @Abstract.Noir414 Рік тому

      @@claudiamyers4605 not really many spanish speakers don't like English

    • @donovantaylor3137
      @donovantaylor3137 Рік тому

      The question Xavier failed to ask and should have ask her is her Jamaican ancestors lineage...There are many afro-Cuban who have Jamaican roots.

  • @kingnaldo4058
    @kingnaldo4058 Рік тому +15

    @10.07 You realize nobody owes a thing, and whatever you want, you have to earn it... Raquel.
    Very profound indeed, great interview 👍

  • @doreenmorgan9683
    @doreenmorgan9683 Рік тому +5

    Raquel is a beautiful soul, I love how she has adjusted to living Jamaica. She even have a Jamaican accent. Thanks Xavier for another great interview.....keep them coming.

  • @dwightspence3571
    @dwightspence3571 Рік тому +28

    There is a huge Cuban community in Jamaica

  • @patrickrobinson7416
    @patrickrobinson7416 Рік тому +3

    Big, Big Respect to you Miss Martinez, Blessed, we Love you

  • @patwhite1600
    @patwhite1600 Рік тому +7

    She is a jamaican at heart

  • @carolkeise3847
    @carolkeise3847 Рік тому +16

    Raquel is a Jamaican in spirit but born in Cuba. Her spirit led her to Her true place on earth. She may well have Jamaican ancestors. Stay safe & bless ❤
    🇯🇲😍🇨🇺

    • @westkingston3135
      @westkingston3135 Рік тому

      You know many Cubans been coming

    • @normacoote9856
      @normacoote9856 Рік тому

      True…

    • @alkebulanman3280
      @alkebulanman3280 Рік тому +6

      She may well have some. My maternal grandfather and several of his relatives were born in Cuba but returned to Portland, Jamaica in the early 1900s. Jamaicans have been going back and forth ti Cuba for centuries. Bless!!!

    • @d.cpro3751
      @d.cpro3751 Рік тому +2

      Facts I'm an afro cuban American and my family lineage came from Jamaica to Cuba in the 18th century. We're tracking the lineage to get to da roots!

    • @openairmarket6473
      @openairmarket6473 10 місяців тому

      @@d.cpro3751
      best of Luck on your Journey
      🇨🇺🇯🇲❤️💙🤍💚🖤💛

  • @dmoffatt8354
    @dmoffatt8354 Рік тому +6

    This is a delightful interview. The guest reminds me of my beautiful Afro-Cubana Spanish teacher in Intermediary school.

  • @rolandwilliamson3152
    @rolandwilliamson3152 Рік тому +5

    Great interview I like Raquel personality hope you will enjoy your new life in Jamaica

  • @stevejames1741
    @stevejames1741 Рік тому +10

    Before the blockade on Cuba Jamaicans use to go back and forth all the time and have family there.....ie Rita Marley family is from Cuba🇯🇲

    • @GoodSoundz13
      @GoodSoundz13 8 місяців тому +1

      Just seen your comment about Rita Marley, going further back like Laurel Aitken too

    • @jaespinnaz
      @jaespinnaz 5 місяців тому

      💯 my grandfather use to back and forth

  • @naturecalm-x3v
    @naturecalm-x3v Рік тому +7

    Very nice interview, Rachel is a beautiful young lady God bless her, I love Jamaica also.

  • @bessbeanslifestyle
    @bessbeanslifestyle Рік тому +5

    The architecture and the cars are beautiful

  • @walterscott6162
    @walterscott6162 Рік тому +5

    Hi neighbor, my grandfather built houses in Cuba and my wife is Cuban, Guantanamo Bay

  • @eaglerepublic3091
    @eaglerepublic3091 Рік тому +2

    *"I just have to put the word in."* Love the attitude!

  • @cherylmontcrief7600
    @cherylmontcrief7600 Рік тому +2

    True.. we don't like to be touched too much..

  • @cherylmontcrief7600
    @cherylmontcrief7600 Рік тому +1

    I loved Hellshire beach. Even with hundreds of people on the beach feels like a big family.

  • @afrikanqueen106
    @afrikanqueen106 Рік тому +6

    Another great interview Xavier, ty. I miss watching you on Sunday afternoons.

  • @larouch4029
    @larouch4029 Рік тому +6

    A little known fact, an impressionable amount of Cubans and Jamaicans have a traceable root in both island. Yep!

    • @Junjo11
      @Junjo11 Рік тому +2

      True true, same with Panama. I am having difficulty finding my Jamaican father info : his mother was Cuban.

    • @d.cpro3751
      @d.cpro3751 Рік тому

      Big facts family is cuban but have deep roots in Jamaica 💯

    • @lerryperry
      @lerryperry 4 місяці тому

      The two countries need to re-establish those links. The US Embargo is Satanic.

  • @Venicegeral
    @Venicegeral Рік тому +6

    Love her demeanor! Great interview.

  • @saulbenjamin6368
    @saulbenjamin6368 Рік тому +7

    With me being jamaican born it is nice to see folks from cuba living in jamaica i av always wanted to visit cuba because cuba is just 90 miles away fram jamaica u know sister is pretty cool glad that she av made the transition enjoy my homeland my cuban sister i hope to visit cuba some day nice interview brother all de best too

  • @MRCAYMAN
    @MRCAYMAN Рік тому +8

    Beautiful interview love this

  • @marciarobinson1030
    @marciarobinson1030 Рік тому +2

    I love it Cubans are always dear to my heart ❤️ nuff love bro👏👏👏👏

  • @claudettelorraineraphael560
    @claudettelorraineraphael560 Рік тому +4

    Nice interview welcome Racquel

  • @georgeblake2187
    @georgeblake2187 Рік тому +4

    Great program 👍

  • @favour3319
    @favour3319 Рік тому +3

    Really enjoyed this!! Well balanced interview. God bless you Racquel, all the best in your endeavors.

  • @colinthomas6888
    @colinthomas6888 Рік тому +1

    One love... I enjoy this

  • @MarlonHillMIA
    @MarlonHillMIA Рік тому +4

    Me encanta this entrevista. Great insights

  • @MunchieAGoogleUser
    @MunchieAGoogleUser Рік тому +4

    Great Interview.

  • @mysteryofyah18
    @mysteryofyah18 Рік тому +8

    Mi Padre Padre es Cubano, y Mi Madre Abuela Alga es Cubana, asi Tengo dos Familia Cubanos.

  • @TheTonecii
    @TheTonecii 7 місяців тому

    Rice n' peas, fried chicken wid pasta on the side. My kinda woman! Sidenote: me love har patois. Fi hear har say she miss Jamaica when she leave, mi understand. One love, Rachel. You a one a we now.

  • @LeroyColeman-kq1np
    @LeroyColeman-kq1np Рік тому +7

    You should have ask her what bought her to Jamaica in the first place profession etc

  • @SammyJ96
    @SammyJ96 Рік тому +4

    😁😁😁 I like her . She's open minded .

  • @lerryperry
    @lerryperry 4 місяці тому

    Much Love to Cuba.

  • @cherylmontcrief7600
    @cherylmontcrief7600 Рік тому +2

    My brothers fav word..." Me nuh know."

  • @roseb819
    @roseb819 Рік тому +3

    Good interview

  • @Venicegeral
    @Venicegeral Рік тому +2

    Great advise!!

  • @beresfordforbes
    @beresfordforbes Місяць тому

    ❤ unconditional ❤ no problem man 🇪🇹 🇯🇲 🖤 🌎

  • @celinapowell9689
    @celinapowell9689 Рік тому +4

    Welcome to Jamaica . You are Beautiful. I have Cousin that are half Cuban.

  • @hutchinsonjohnson2909
    @hutchinsonjohnson2909 Рік тому +3

    Never bin to Cuba 🇨🇺 love that place

    • @GoodSoundz13
      @GoodSoundz13 8 місяців тому

      You should go, Havana first, then any coastal visit will do nicely

  • @claudiamyers4605
    @claudiamyers4605 Рік тому +4

    Wonderful Interview Racquel... So happy you are enjoying Jamaica 🇯🇲 ❤😊..

  • @donnacampbell3505
    @donnacampbell3505 Рік тому +7

    Good and interesting interview.

  • @rubyberylgarraway634
    @rubyberylgarraway634 Рік тому +3

    That was a good one

  • @nadinegibbs808
    @nadinegibbs808 Рік тому +3

    Lovely 🇯🇲🇯🇲💚💚💚

  • @vinnette4583
    @vinnette4583 Рік тому +4

    She sounds like a Jamaican speak the English language excellent

  • @hutchinsonjohnson2909
    @hutchinsonjohnson2909 Рік тому +1

    Big up brother love ❤ show

  • @steveroussea-vy3jp
    @steveroussea-vy3jp Рік тому +1

    That's good

  • @spirittraveller7411
    @spirittraveller7411 Рік тому +3

    When we say, "A While Ago!" Non-Yardies t'ink it means "long- time!"

  • @iantheianthe846
    @iantheianthe846 Рік тому +2

    You did not ask her how did she come to live in Jamaica and what work does she do in Jamaica

  • @staminadon
    @staminadon Рік тому +2

    My great uncle is 🇨🇺 cuban I Ahope to fine them one day

  • @georgedouglas6268
    @georgedouglas6268 10 місяців тому +1

    Wow 😮, I luv Cuba and its people and remember they are our closest neighbours so they are our brothers and sisters ,it a shame what America did to that country,if it wasn’t for that I think Cuba would have been an economic powerhouse in the Caribbean 😮for certain,because even with the embargo that’s been put on it over 50 years ago,they are still holding their own😮, we is amazing zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen ❤❤👌🇯🇲🇯🇲🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @Iam_MJ876
    @Iam_MJ876 Рік тому +4

    Beautiful lady, love her vibe.She seems to appreciate Jamaica unlike the woman from Trinidad.I've been to Cuba and I loved it there.

  • @chrissystewart6268
    @chrissystewart6268 Рік тому +1

    Xavier my question between 🇨🇺 & 🇯🇲 is 🇨🇺 closed to 🇯🇲??

  • @giniolamy
    @giniolamy Рік тому +3

    Bob marleys wife was born in Cuba 🇨🇺

  • @aleysibbs2461
    @aleysibbs2461 2 місяці тому

    I understand, just know some don't mean it like that.

  • @aliceevans1803
    @aliceevans1803 Рік тому +1

    My grand uncle lived in Vuba I know hemust have children His last name was Vard how could I find them,?

  • @EvorReid
    @EvorReid Місяць тому

    The DJ culture changed our once "no problem" to "bad boy" culture

  • @megganhutchinson1311
    @megganhutchinson1311 Рік тому +4

    U sound like real Jamaican

  • @yvonnesimmonds4050
    @yvonnesimmonds4050 Рік тому

    1959.

  • @rickflint3710
    @rickflint3710 Рік тому +1

  • @cameronmanning8606
    @cameronmanning8606 Рік тому +1

    👍

  • @winngriff
    @winngriff Рік тому +1

    We are a welcoming people unlike one Archipelago we know that get paranoid when foreigners move there

    • @Abstract.Noir414
      @Abstract.Noir414 Рік тому

      The DR?
      PR?
      If so That's interesting because you cN find thousands of their descendants in other English speaking islands getting catered to like those in the USVI
      THE USVI has hispanic day or something that's crazy. Bet they would not allow such thing in their country

    • @d.cpro3751
      @d.cpro3751 Рік тому

      ​@@Abstract.Noir414how did u come to that conclusion? Believe it or not they love Jamaican culture. Yes it's colorism at play unfortunately but have u personally tried to be invited?

  • @jacquiedunn5193
    @jacquiedunn5193 Рік тому +3

    🇯🇲

  • @africarain8294
    @africarain8294 Рік тому +4

    They are vintage American tourist go their to buy them from the Cuban citizens bring them back to the states abd repaint them they worth lots of money in America they not OLD CARS they vintage.

  • @spirittraveller7411
    @spirittraveller7411 Рік тому +3

    We beat yuh ah😅 tun round give you yuh food! Just a 🇯🇲 saying!😝
    We just plain like "Packie-Cup!😁

  • @maxineclarke5758
    @maxineclarke5758 Рік тому +1

    Eat the ice cream

  • @liondyer3713
    @liondyer3713 Рік тому +1

    89 old lol
    Your a baby darling lol

  • @mysteryofyah18
    @mysteryofyah18 Рік тому +1

    Han Man Ah real YawdMan originally from Soldiers Camp den Mi move guh August Town, St. Andrew. FADDA GOD ALMIGHTY AND CHRIST YAHSHUA MESIYAH RASTAFARI IN HEAVEN LAWS We Say

  • @iantheianthe846
    @iantheianthe846 Рік тому +1

    very nice interview